Household and Income Breakdown
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| Household Breakdown | | | St. Louis | | United States | | | Total households | 1,094,448 | | 112,377,977 | | | Family households (families) | 729,767 | 66.7% | 75,119,260 | 66.8% | | With own children under 18 years | 337,463 | 30.8% | 34,999,584 | 31.1% | | Married-couple families | 531,666 | 48.6% | 55,867,091 | 49.7% | | With own children under 18 years | 226,754 | 20.7% | 24,086,303 | 21.4% | | Female householder, no husband present | 151,283 | 13.8% | 14,043,938 | 12.5% | | With own children under 18 years | 90,409 | 8.3% | 8,348,271 | 7.4% | | Non-family households | 364,681 | 33.3% | 37,258,717 | 33.2% | | Householder living alone | 308,449 | 28.2% | 30,645,140 | 27.3% | | 65 years and over | 103,936 | 9.5% | 10,264,914 | 9.1% | Households with one or more people under 18 years | 369,115 | | 38,639,706 | | | Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 251,729 | | 26,256,977 | | Average household size | 2.5 | | 2.6 | | | Average family size | 3.1 | | 3.2 | | | Source: "American Community Survey 2007," US Census Bureau, 2008. |
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